2000-2002 Head of Research Programme, X-ray and Neutron scattering, Riso

1998-2003 External lecturer in Physics, Niels Bohr Institute

1993-2000 Senior Scientist, Risø

1991-1993 Senior College Lecturer, Keble College, Oxford

1990-1993 Research Fellow, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford

1987-1990 Research Fellow, Physics Department, University of Edinburgh

1983-1987 Ph. D., University of Manchester

1979-1983 B.Sc. in Physics, University of Sheffield

Research

Research:

My research is focussed on understanding how electrons organise themselves in solids to produce the wonderfully diverse range of phenomena encountered in modern condensed matter physics. I am particularly interested in how low-dimensionality and strong collective quantum effects can produce new states of matter, such as the high-temperature superconductors, quantum spin liquids, etc. The techniques I use are based mainly on using x-rays and neutrons to probe the structural and magnetic correlations that dominate the low-energy behaviour of these and other interesting classes of solids. This invariably means that I spend significant periods of time at central facilities such as ISIS in Oxfordshire, and the Institute Laue-Langevin and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, both located in Grenoble, France.